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Solution: Employment

Purpose Of Plan

This plan is designed to address issues of employment and the ability of employees to work in a non-smoking environment.

Plan Overview

Employees currently can be forced to work in a smoking environment, and in fact forced by government to get a job in a smoking environment, due to current unemployment laws.

Plan Strengths

This plan provides the opportunity for employees currently employed in smoking establishments to leave their current employer and be eligible for unemployment. It also prevents those on unemployment from having to take a position in a smoking environment as part of current unemployment laws.

Plan Weaknesses

There are abuses of the laws around unemployment compensation from the state as they exist today. This plan does not address those issues, and in fact may exacerbate the existing problems by increasing the number of people on unemployment.

Additionally, this change would have to take place at the state level, rather than the local level.

Plan Details

A date in the future, to be determined, would be set for all restaurants to implement the "Green Circle" plan. Immediately upon its implementation, those currently collecting unemployment would no longer be required to interview at any establishment that allows indoor smoking. One month after the implementation of "Green Circle", employees would be given a one month window to give the proper 2-week notice (unless otherwise specified in contract between the employer and the employee) to their employer, and still be able to claim unemplyment.

Results

Those currently seeking new employment would no longer have to accept employment at any establishment which allows indoor smoking.

Those currently employed in smoking establishments would have an avenue to find new employment.

Employers who currently allow indoor smoking are given the business decision as to whether or not to continue allowing indoor smoking.